The End of the World Part 1

I am starting a 12 part project entitled 'The End of the World (As They Know It)' I read a magazine called 'Relevant' and this is where I will get the content for the project. It has written an article looking back at a string of failed apocalypse predictions, now I have just got to think of some imaginative blips for them.



PART ONE: BIBLE STUDENT MOVEMENT/ JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, 1914

It started in 1914. A certain interpretation of the Book of Daniel gave Jehovah's Witnesses reason to believe the end was very nigh indeed, and they prepared accordingly. When nothing happened, it was decided they had not gotten the date wrong, only the event - Jesus had actually chosen that day to begin His invisible reign of the world, with an apocalypse to come in the near future. The JWs guessed again with predictions for 1915, 1918, 1925, 1932, 1941, 1975 and 1994 - all to no avail.
(Relevant Jan/Feb 13)